Web+2.0+Tools

__**Web 2.0 Tools I have explored**__
 * [|voicethread] ||  || [|slideshare] ||   || [|animoto] ||
 * [|simplybox] ||  || [|diigo] ||   || [|twitter] ||
 * [|imagespark] ||  || [|googledocs] ||   || [|rubistar] ||
 * [|elearning for kids] ||  || [|Doodlewall] ||   || [|bliptv] ||
 * [|jing] ||  || [|teacher tube] ||   ||   ||

Here you can upload presentations or movies and then either annotate them or leave a comment in various ways – webcam, voice recorder or text. 1. I uploaded a PowerPoint presentation of prep students work and got them to leave verbal feedback about their work whilst using the pen to highlight parts of their work. 2. I use it with year 5 students to film a Science Experiment about the force of wind. They then verbally explained the experiment and paused parts of the video and used the pen to highlight what they had discovered. 3. A year 6 teacher used it for a Literacy Group. He uploaded pictures of a theatre play they had been to recently. Using the webcam he asked the students to complete a verbal PMI on the play.  It is like a book of posters that can be edited by all members of the site. 1. Used as a communication tool between level one and parents – a place to access resources, link to common sites and find out what the students have discovered in their learning.  This is a screencasting site. That basically means you can record what you are doing on your computer monitor as if it was a movie. 1. This has been useful in literacy groups. I used it to give a literacy group instructions for completing a digital activity after viewing a movie of me reading a Big Book. This is similar to youtube however linked to education. It is a site where you can upload videos. 1. I used this to upload movies of me reading Big Books. I planned to embed these movies into a wiki that will be used for Literacy Groups. This is similar to yourtube and teachertube, it is a site to upload movies. 1. After teacher tube gave me grief when trying to embed into my wiki I used this site instead, It embedded easily however the site is blocked by the department so I have been unable to run the lesson with the students.   <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is a site where you can register for free and create numerous amounts of pets that you need to care for. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. The level one students have really enjoyed this site, many of them logging on at home. It has been the basis of many literacy group ideas and linked in perfectly to our sub topic of pets in Living Things.
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Voicethread [|www.voicethread.com] __**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What is it? Positives / Negatives **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– Easy to use and straightforward. The prep students had no problem navigating their way around. You get instant replay.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> – you can register for a free account however you only get 3 uploads at one time so if you wish to upload more then you will need to pay for an account. Each child will need a separate account if you wish them to use it individually. It says it has an embedding option however it does not, it only links to the site.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did I use it for? **
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Wikispaces [|www.prepvps.wikispaces.com] __**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What is it? Positives / Negatives **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– online collaboration between school and community.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N – **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">formatting can be frustrating. You are better off completing your entry in WORD and then cutting and pasting into the wiki to avoid formatting problems.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did I use it for? **
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jing [|www.jingproject.com] __**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What is it? Positives / Negatives **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> – It is free and easy to set up. One quick download and a video demonstration to how to use the program.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> – The largest area you can use in the recording does not cover my full monitor screen.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did I use it for? **
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Teachertube [|www.teachertube.com] __**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> What is it? Positives / Negatives **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> – It is not blocked by the department of education so the children can access the video’s at school. It is a free site. You can embed the movies into other sites.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– there is a 24 hour turn around between upload of video and it being available online. I have had some issues with how long it takes to upload large videos and then they don’t embed easily into my wikispace.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did I use it for? **
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Blip TV [|www.bilp.tv] __**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What is it? Positives / Negatives **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P – **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It is free. You can upload about 10 movies at one time with ease. I estimate it took approximately 1 minute per movie to upload.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– The department block this site and we are currently trying to get it removed. It still remained blocked even when the techies put it on the //white list//.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did I use it for? **
 * __<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Virtual Pet Site [|www.adoptme.com] __**
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What is it? Positives / Negatives **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P – **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">linked perfectly to a unit on pets. It is a free site that ran without clichés. It allowed one registration however many pets to take care of. It allowed you to collaborate with pets from other users and to have conversations with your pets.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">N – **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It would have been good to be able to talk directly with pets from other classes rather then the computerized conversations.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did I use it for? **